THOMAS O'CONNOR IS NEW BLUE CANDIDATE IN RENFREW-NIPISSING-PEMBROKE

Thomas O'Connor is the New Blue Party of Ontario candidate in the riding of Renfrew-NipissingPembroke.

CANDIDATE NAME: Thomas O'Connor

AGE: 35

PARTY: New Blue Party of Ontario

PREVIOUS POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: My limited experience with politics includes my previous career as a paramedic for 13 years.

Our profession was directly affected by association, unions, municipal and provincial politics.

I was actively involved and following these issues during my career.

OCCUPATION: My new career path is in the electrical trades, while campaigning for MPP.

TOP THREE ISSUES IN THIS

ELECTION: Issues needing to be addressed in this riding and province are acute/long-term health care, jobs and other related issues, as well as housing and land ownership.

We need more family physicians and better access to care in order to help decrease wait times in hospitals.

Hospitals and longterm-care facilities require more staffing and better funding.

We also need to increase the number of long-term-care homes to help with placement.

We need more jobs with higher pay rates as well as access to material to keep workers and business going at an affordable price.

The current housing market is out of control and prices are far too high for people to afford a home.

We also need to keep the government from trying to control every aspect of home and land ownership.